Multiple choice

Out of a pack of 52 cards one is lost, from theremainder of the pack two cards are drawn and arefound to be spades Find the chance that the missingcard is a spade?

  1. 10/49

  2. 11/52

  3. 11/50

  4. 10/50

  5. 12/52
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C Correct answer
Explanation

Total cards 52. One lost. Two drawn are spades. Total spades remaining = 13 - 2 = 11. Total cards remaining = 50. Probability missing card is a spade = 11/50.

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